Sword and Spirit, the Journal of Itten Dojo

Sword And Spirit

October 2025 — The Invention of Bushido

September 2025 — JMAC at Itten #8

August 2025 — Tradition to Transmission

July 2025 — Crucible Once Again

June 2025 — Creating Dilemmas in Martial Arts

May 2025 — Loaded Guns

April 2025 — Pitfalls of Natural Talent

March 2025 — Back to JMAC, Again

February 2025 — Dojo Health and the Sempai

January 2025 — The Path of Becoming

December 2024 — Koryu on the Battlefield

November 2024 — Happo-giri

October 2024 — Body by Bokken

September 2024 — Iaido Drills & Applications

August 2024 — Why Iaido and Jujutsu?

July 2024 — The Crucible

June 2024 — Self-reference

May 2024 — Nihon Jujutsu Update

April 2024 — March Madness

March 2024 — Small Victories

February 2024 — Ukemi: A Comparison

January 2024 — To JMAC in Winter

December 2023 — Toy Swordsmen?

November 2023 — A Road Less Traveled

October 2023 — An Evening at JMAC

September 2023 — My Narrow Path to Itten Dojo

August 2023 — Why Nihon Jujutsu?

July 2023 — Waka of the Eishin-ryu

June 2023 — More Milestones

May 2023 — Hydration and Training

April 2023 — The Power of Words

March 2023 — Tatami Tales

February 2023 — The Art of Letting Go

January 2023 — Kagami-biraki 2023

December 2022 — Looking Back, and Ahead

November 2022 — Back to JMAC

October 2022 — Preparation, Revisited

September 2022 — Reflections...Our 30th Anniversary

August 2022 — Chinese Medicine and the Utility of Acupuncture

July 2022 — An Illuminating 4th

June 2022 — The Dojo Superstar, or the Talented Destroyer

May 2022 — Renzoku-waza Drill

April 2022 — JMAC Pilgrimage

March 2022 — The Frog in a Well

February 2022 — Momentum

January 2022 — Kagami-biraki 2022

December 2021 — Why Iaido?

November 2021 — Break the Stalemate! Overcoming Tsuba-zeriai

October 2021 — The Silliness of the Equality Assumption

September 2021 — Long Stance Stepping

August 2021 — Shinrai — Principles of Trust

July 2021 — Problem Solving in Programming and Budo

June 2021 — The Dojo Compared to an Embassy

May 2021 — Kata in Koryu Bujutsu — The Physical Embodiment of Edo-period Samurai Philosophy

April 2021 — Introduction to Aikijo — The Four-foot Staff in Sanshu-ho Aiki-budo

March 2021 — Kata and Application in Sanshu-ho Aiki-budo

February 2021 — Budo Culture: An Excerpt from Budo Mind and Body

January 2021 — Reigakudo Retrospective

October 2020 — Lessons from Joe Lewis

August 2018 — A Weekend with JMAC